The emerald ash borer, an invasive wood-boring beetle that was first spotted in Connecticut in 2012, is responsible for ...

The invasive fungal disease ash dieback has already affected 90% of ash trees in Central Europe. In addition, an invasive beetle threatens the trees. But there is now good news: trees that are ...

"Lingering ash." That's what the U.S. Forest Service calls the relatively few green and white ash trees that survive the emerald ash borer onslaught. Those trees do not survive by accident, and that ...

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The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a deceptively attractive metallic-green adult beetle with a red abdomen. But few people ever actually see the insect itself — just the trail of ...

An invasive insect that kills ash trees has been spotted in Eastern Washington just a month after it was first reported in ...

The emerald ash borer, a tiny yet destructive invasive beetle, has been confirmed in Aurora. That's prompting officials in the Colorado city to remove or treat infected trees and encourage residents ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Green ash trees will reach a height of about 60 feet with a spread of 45 feet ...

SEATTLE — A tiny metallic green beetle, barely half an inch long, could dramatically change the landscape of Washington state over the next decade. The emerald ash borer has been confirmed in ...

A large portion of North America’s 8.7 billion ash trees are now infested by a beetle called the emerald ash borer. Since its discovery in the U.S. in 2002, the emerald ash borer has killed hundreds ...